Tiffen Digital Photo Video manual For, Black & White Imaging, Orange

www.tiffen.com

Black & White Imaging

imaging	Filters for Black and White
	Imaging
White	Yellow 8	Yellow 12	Yellow 15
	Yellow 8
	This medium yellow filter offers the most correct tonal
	range contrast to produce natural clouds against blue
&	skies.
	Yellow 12
Black
	“Minus blue” cuts haze in aerial work; reduces excess
	blue of full moon in astrophotography. Recommended
	as a basic filter for use with Kodak Aero Ektachrome
	Infrared film.
For	Yellow 15
	Enhances landscapes, marine scenes and aerial pho-
Filters	tography with more dramatic effects than Yellow 8.
	❍ Deep yellow filter.
	❍ Renders sky dramatically darker.
	Orange 16		Orange 21

Filters for black and white photography perform a variety of filtration effects including contrast control, enhanced skin- tones, tonal corrections and more dramatic landscapes.

Yellow 8

Although originally intend- ed for use with black and white film, these filters can also be used as a creative tool in color imaging.

Without Filter

© Roger J. Waindle

Yellow 15

Orange 16

Deeper than Yellow 15 for more dramatic effects.

Orange 21

Absorbs blue and blue greens. Renders blue tones darker as in marine scenes.

Blue 47 Blue 47B

Blue 47

❍Dark blue filter that accentuates haze and fog.

❍Used for dye transfer and contrast effects.

Blue 47B

❍Dark blue filter that lightens blue objects for detail.

34

Yellow and Orange

	100
	90
	80					Yellow 8
	70
(%T)						Yellow 12
	60
Transmittance					Deep Yellow 15
	50
												Orange 16
	40
												Orange 21
	30
	20
	10
	0
	360	380	400	420	440	460	480	500	520	540	560	580	600	620	640	660	680	700
								Wavelength (Nanometers)

Red, Blue and Green

	100
	90
(%T)	80										Red 23A
	70
									Green 11				Red
Transmittance	60
			Blue 47										25
	50
														Red 29
	40
	30								Green 58
	20
	10
	0
	360	380	400	420	440	460	480	500	520	540	560	580	600	620	640	660	680	700
							Wavelength (Nanometers)
										35